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NUMBER XIV. 
For the laft Weck in MOVEMBER. 
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__ Flowers and Curious Plants yet in their Beauty. 
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p78 PERE POLYANTHOUS PRIMROSE 
Nov | E probate here to ‘fhe Gardener’s Care wrhay weak or iH rane they will produce Nov. 
: @/ a Plant as univerfally known as any | a fingle Flower upon the Stalk, in the Manner of . 
P. XIV. that can be brought into aGarden: but | the common Primrofe; and when encourag’d by. 
Fig. 1. “ait Things which ‘are moft familiarly known, are | aright Culture, they will throw out a vaft Num- 
not always beft underftood: we hope to give him 
fome Information even on this common Head. 
It is known “every where under the Name 
of the Polyanthus; but this is an Abbrevia- 
tion of its proper Title: the true Name is what 
we have here given it, the Polyanthous Primrofe 
that is, the many-flower’d Primrofe : 
it is call’d Primula foliis fi nuatis rugofis 5 -floribus 
umbellatis [peciofis: Sinuated rough-leav’d Primrofe, 
with handfome umbellated F lowers. 
The Root is compos’d of 'n numerous thick Fi-- 
bres. 
The Leaves rife in a Clufter, and Wire large, a 
oblong, broad, of a deep green, feteaeta is 
wav’d at the Edges, and obtufe at the End, 
In the Centre of thefe rifes the Stalk, which, 
when the Plant is in Strength and Vigour, is thick, 
firm, upright, and ten Inches high, and bears 
at its Top a large Tuft of very beautiful Flowers. 
Thefe are fupported on their feparate Pedicles, 
rifing together from the Head of the main Stalk ; 
and they are naturally of a beautiful Crimion, 
with an Eye of yellow. Se 
| Numb. XIV. 
in Latin : 
ber on each Head; whofe Variations in Colour will 
be extreamly pleafing: and the Beauty in many of 
them equal that of the Auricula. 
The Stalk will alfo, from great Nourifhment, 
-fometimes have Films upon it, and the Edges of 
the Cups of the Flowers will bys fwell’d out by a 
leafy Addition, ftain’d with Purple. 
Thefe are the fevetal Appearances of the 
Polyanthus, which fome have underftood to 
be only a Variety from the common Primrofe; 
rais’d by long Culture: but I have found that 
‘when the Plant comes neareit its plain original 
Appearance, having a fingle Flower upon a Stalk, - 
it ftill differs altogether ae the common Prim- 
rofe, or any other known Kind. 
To know the Clafs of this Plant in “e Lin- 
wan Syftem,, let the Student examine a Flower; _ 
firft entire, and then torn open. 
Confidering the whole Bunch, he will find that 
has its common Cup, form’d. of feveral fall 
| Leaves, rifing about the Bafes of the Footftalks, 
at the Head of the main Stem. 
Befide this, each Flower has its peculiar Cup ; 
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